Dean Andal accused Rep. Jerry McNerney of abandoning troops in Iraq and of hiding from debates, and McNerney accused Andal of engaging in a despicable partisan attack as the two sat Saturday for the first - and likely only - debate in one of the nation's most-watched congressional contests.
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